We have before us on the bar the new Old-Fashioned. What’s new about this stalwart cocktail is its hook: bacon. My initial reaction to the pork ranged from intrigue to skepticism to what the hell – I need to try this. The drink found me as I sat sipping wine in the Clever Wine Bar in Mid-City, New Orleans. Resident mixologist Sean Thibodeaux regaled me with tales of rosemary-infused simple syrup served with a silver tequila and homemade seltzer; I knew I had to try his Old-Fashioned.

It’s time again for another round of cocktails. This time, we have the seemingly ubiquitous Bloody Mary on the bar. A very popular drink indeed. As we all know, success has a thousand mothers; each claiming to make the best one. The best one I have found, from the west coast to the east and the dirty coast in between, is the Bloody Mary from Finn McCool’s Irish bar here in New Orleans.

This Month’s Cocktail: The Sazerac

Sazzzzzzzz-er-rack… The very name sort of sizzles on the tongue, a lot like its contents before they slip down your throat. It’s very southern in its origins, New Orleans to be exact, and this fact alone seems to import a certain je ne sais pas to its status as an iconic cocktail. It’s gone global since its resurgence from the dark, dank annals of cocktail lore where its languished for too many years, ignored and unappreciated.

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